Manufacture of books



R, B. MATTHEWS MANUFACTURE OF BOOKS. APPLICATION FILED JAN-9, 1920.

Pa tented Sept. 20,1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I- PER:-

A TORNEYS.

R. B. MATTHEWS.

MANUFACTURE OF BOOKS.

APPLICATION mm mus, 1920.

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V UNITED! STATES OFFICE RICHARD 3 MATTHEWS, 0F EASTIYGBINSIT'EAD; ENGLAND.

*mannracrnmi 01" BOOKS.

Y To all whom it may oo'aceah-f Be it known that I, RIoIrARn BORLASE MATT EWS, subject of the 'Klng of. Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of Greater Felcourt, East Grinstead, in the'count'y of Sussex, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the MaIiufac-. ture ofBooks, ofwhich the-following'is a specification. 5 r 1 This invention has reference to the manu facture and use of books,-and to thep'rint-i ing of the same, and is applicable to allkinds and classes of books but moreparticularly to; reference books, for: instance of thezkind or class to which technical pocket-book or data-books belong.- '1;

- In-books in'which aflwide variety of subjects, orbranc'hes of a subject are dealt with, matters which are intimately;- associated in their nature'often occur at widely separated parts of the book... Not only does this often impede the reading up of some specificsubject, owing to the inconvenience of having to'tur'n backward andforward constantly for reference, but theuserfr-eq'uently only requires on one class of work, some few particular sheets or pages from different parts, ;These pages it wouldloften be very convenientto have assembled together asa small separate-book for the time being, especially if; the user did'not wish rto carry the whole book with him, on a journey for in st'ance. f s q If the books were made'on'thew'ell known loose-leaf principle, this difficulty would largely disappear since the requisite pages could beeasily taken .out'as required,but' the objections, to this are that the book itself has-:not then the convenience of an ordinary book, besides which the looseleaf book has to'be printed and rma deup in a specialmanner. ,It is for-instance' no' longer possible tofollowthe ordinary system which-enables several pages to :be printed at'once, or in multiple, on" alarge sheet, and-then folded over into sections or pages which are stitched andbou'nd together. I i I f v 7 1 Now the object of this invention is to'pros vide a book which is printed on large ormul ti'pl'e sheets, whichare afterward folded and bound in theordinary way as. referred to, but in which the leaves or pages are adapted gin at theinner edge, namely the edge next the stitching and binding; Suitable gage marks or centers-are printed in this margin, which when the page is detached, should be punched or"perforated"to correspond-to the loops, claws or fastenings of the loose-leaf binder, such gage marks being of course in fixed relationship tothe type matter.

, Border lines or rulings may a so" be printed around-the edges,to"serve as guides for neatly trimmingthe pages after detachment, to' exactly suit the particular looseleaf cover in which theymay be destined to be :placed. Asiin-ila'r line or rulingm'ay be;provided in the margin near the inner or binding edge to showwhere the pages should be severed, and'to insure'that they Will all match properly when assembledin the binder; Provision may also be made for'the positioning of indicating tabs, by suitably shaped printed markings on the margin of the paper. I

x In addition, the line of severance or detachmentmay be perforated or indented so that it constitutes a line of Weakness, and permits the page to be readily detached fromthe book without damaging 'it, and

without any necessity for slittingor cutting it'separately. r l l f In order that'the invention may be'clearly understood and readily carried into efi'ect reference willnow be had, by" of ex ample to the accompanyingdrawlngsi i i ii i m io r P Patentedsept. 20,1921. Application -fl1ed Ianuary 9,"1920 Serial- N0. 350,324. i

'JFigure 1 shows one of the improvec pages, as it appears when still forming part of the largesheet or folio. I Fig. 2 shows a bookmade upo'f such pages bound'in the ordinary way.

Fig. 3 shows a printed sheet beforebeing folded, cut and bound in book'forin Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the same sheet after being folded and cut, and

prior to being bound in permanent form in a book.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a book in I As willbeseen from the drawings, the pages a are formed from a large sheet 70 (Fig. 3) printed in multiple form and afterward. folded along the dot and dash lines 'Z,l,- then cut or trimmed ,touforma section as shown in Fig. 4. The section thus formed is then bound in permanent book form in the usual Well known manner and .as shown in Fig. 5, the binding edges being illustrated by dotted-lines m, m, in Figs. 3 and 4.

The. dotted line b (Fig. 1) represents the boundary of the space occupied by theletter press on the page and is not, of course, a

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line printed on the page. It will be seen that such letter press lines lie toward one sideof the page in the manner above referredto leaving a wide margin on theleft or inner side.

c a are the gage marks or centers'whic'h are printed in the wideor inner margin for facilitatingthecorrect punching of the holes for the loose-leaf binding loops or claws; Such punching may be done either after the sheets are detached, or it may be done by the manufacture before the binding operation, for instance as shown at c on the right ofFig. 2. d d. is a border line which is also printed around the outer edge of the page to facilid d are marginal tabs of the usual kind for indicating the contents. Such of these as are not required can be cutoff by user and. the remaining tab or tabs may be stiffened by gumming an extra-piece of paper or cardboard behind it.

The line 6; on the extreme left simply Shows the position at which the whole sheet is folded to form a section ready for binding.

, f is a detachment gage or a lineofvveak; ness, consisting of marks. or indentations or semi-perforations which. may be formed down the left hand margin and may be produced ,at the same time as the printing, by the use of a suitable rule or slip. Of course lines of ordinaryperfo-rations like those of postagestamps maybe used if desired.

It will be understood that the wide margin next the left or binding edge, allows a sulficient amount of margin on the detached sheet, andalso leaves a'spare piece or strip 9 (Figs. land 5) still in: position undisturbed in the binding of the book, thusipreventing such, binding being weakened or coming to pieces owing to the removal of ilybetaken out and used for loose-leaf binding. This can be done by slitting or detaching them along the line-; after which they can be accurately punched or perforatedby aid of they gage marks or centers printed thereon.(if this has not been done already). and assembled into a "loose-'leaffcover or holder without difiiculty and with the printed matter on all the'pagesin exact register. Moreover by cutting the pages along i the trimming lines, all their edges caribe made to'match exactly, and have a regular marginall around. g '1 Althoughonlg three gage or center marks 0 are shown in 3 provided to suit different makesof looseleaf binder. Hence the user can select which binder he prefers and bykeeping to the corresponding. marks, can still'insure a proper registering of the pages, when -bound 5 in loose-leaf fashion;

The detachment gage .lll'l ei f {although spoken of'as a line of weakness maybe simply a printed line, in a position in-which it can be conveniently slit by the 'us'erwhen,

it is required to be detached. V p g The aforesaid gage-marks or centers and trimming guides or border lines can all, as will be readily understood, be printed at the same time as'the letter press, and do not necessarily involve any additional printing operation. I e 1 Usually it'is the right-handpages, although they may be printed on thelefthand pages, or ongboth,

' V 7 What I claim as my invention. and d sire if desired.

to obtain by Letters- Patent is ig. 1, yet a numbermay'be sufficient; to print them i 1. A book made up of pages printed in multiple formyfolded, 'cut and adapted to bepermanently bound in sections in a book,

each ;.of said pages having a narrow blank outer binding edge formed by a narrow strip along one side, sewn and ermanently bound 7 with the page in bookf on eachpage parallel with'said binding edge 'along which the remaining portion ofthe page may be separated from said:strip,'and' markings"v adj acent said indication serving orm, an indication to enable the separated portion of: the page to be accurately perforated and filed away in a loose leaf binder, each ofsaid pages having letter press only in a space in'clo'sed for the purposes set forth. 1 g V l 2. A book made up. of pages printed in by the edges" of the sheet' to be separated,

be permanently bound in book form, each of inner binding edge is provided with spaced said vpages having an outer binding edge and perforations serving when the page is -sepan inner binding edge arranged side by side arated' along the perforations between the 10 on one side of the page, and separated from binding edges, to enable the separated page one another by a row of perforations, the to be accurately filed in'a loose leaf binder,

.outer binding edge being permanently for the urposes desoribed.-

bound with the page in book form, while the RIC ARD BORLASE MATTHEWS. 

